Welsh Journals

Age. One John Lewis of Tan y Bwlch is aged 95 and keeps ye Church constantly. Their common Fuel is turf. N.B. Ynghylch Klevyd Tegla, one John Abraham a smith now at Lh. Golhen when a child was troubled wth. Klevyd Tegla; on which this child went 3 times abt. ye. Church and told ye Lord's Prayer, and afterwards lay him down being in ye Edge of night under ye Altar, having the Church bible under his head, and slept there that night. This is always done on Fridays. They give the Clerk a groat at ye Well, and offer another groat in ye Poor's Box. A man has always a cock with him under ye Altar, a woman a hen, a boy a cockrel & a girl a Pullet. These are given the Clerk who says yt ye flesh appears black, and that sometimes these Fowls, if ye Party recover, catch ye Disease viz. The falling sickness. 'Tis certain says my author ye Rector, this J. Abr: was by this means perfectly cured & he was then abt. 13 y. of age. 'Tis said there was formerly a Town by Court (a house in Lh: Armon) at a field call'd Karreg y Dre newydh.* [Page 61] RYTHYN. A market town of abt. houses Distant from Denbigh 5 miles, from Wrexham ten from Kaerwys 7 from Mold 6 Lhan Golhen 8 from Bala 12. from Oswestry 15 and so from Chester. It gives denom: to a Hundrd. Sr. Richd. Middleton is Ld. of ye Mannour, Surrounded with ye Parishes of Lhan Vwrrog, Evenechtyd, Lhan Vair Dyffryn-Clwyd, Lh Rhydh, Lh Bedr and Lhanynys. The Length of the Parish is not a quarter of a mile. The Church is dedicated to St. Peter. The Minister here is guardian of Christ's Hospital in this Town, and therefore commonly styled Warden. A ruinated Castle, which was called y castelh côch yngwernvor. Here's a mill which is presumed from the window to have been a religious house. At ye Cloysters was a Nunnery. Here's a free school built by Dr. Gabr: Goodman, and endowed with a Salary of 601b. per Ann. It's free only to this Parish, and that of Lh: Elidan. Vid. Par. Lh. Elidan. Here's an Almhoufe for ten old men and two old women. Each of these receive 12 pence a week from ye Ministers, and a Gown every Second X'mas. Gabr: Goodman pedict. was ye founder. Q. alibi. Maen Heol is a flat Stone in ye middle of the Street. Go on in Folio 74 'till you find further instructions.